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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3697

Original release date:09/03/2008

Last revised:01/29/2009

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

An unspecified ISAPI extension in VMware Server before 1.0.7 build 108231 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IIS crash) via a malformed request.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:5.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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External Source: XF

Name: vmware-isapi-extension-dos(44796)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44796

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020789

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020789

External Source: BID

Name: 30935

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30935

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080830 VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues.

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2466

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2466

External Source: SREASON

Name: 4202

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4202

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31708

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31708

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20080830 VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues.

Hyperlink:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html